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According to the source of TASS, it will work in automatic mode, without the constant presence of people on the site

The newest radar station "Yakhroma", which will be included in the missile attack warning system (SPRN), will be built by 2030 in the Chukchi Sea area. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

A team of scientists from Finland, Russia, China and the United States has demonstrated that changing the temperature difference in a graphene system can be used to generate entangled electron pairs in superconducting structures. The work is presented in the journal Nature Communications.

The Russian Space Systems Holding (RKS, part of the State Corporation ROSCOSMOS) has completed work on improving the multi-zone scanning devices of the advanced hydrometeorological satellites of the Electro-L, Arktika-M, Meteor-M and Canopus series as part of the development of on-board systems of the Earth remote sensing (ERS) spacecraft.

Researchers from the National University of Yokohama, Japan, have completed the development and conducted the first tests of an experimental microprocessor built on the basis of superconducting base elents. This microprocessor is 80 times more efficient in terms of energy consumption than current computing devices made using CMOS technology. This is a huge prospect, given that 10 percent of the amount of electricity generated around the globe is consumed by computers.

MLRS BM-21 "Grad" is in service with the armies of more than 30 countries of the world and is the most massive combat system of this class. It is designed to destroy and suppress the enemy's manpower and military equipment in areas of concentration, artillery and mortar batteries, fortifications, strong points and nodes of enemy resistance.

The US military is dissatisfied with the night vision devices they have. On January 9, the press service of the Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense announced the launch of the envision program.

The Eastern Military District received a batch of Mi-8mtpr-1 helicopters, which are designed to produce radio-electronic interference, the press service of the district reported.

In 2021, the intensity of combat training in the Russian Armed Forces will increase

In 2020, the geography of challenges for Russia has expanded, the role of military force in solving international problems has increased, the Ministry of Defense notes. In this regard, it is of particular importance to maintain the combat capability and combat readiness of the army and navy at the required level. "Newspaper.Ru " analyzed what activities of combat and operational training will be carried out in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2021.

The world press is vigorously discussing the storming of the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump and trying to understand the significance of what happened. If in China they talk about retribution for American double standards, then in Europe they dubbed the events the darkest day in the history of the United States. Observers agree that Trump has gone too far and will lose the support of even the most loyal supporters.

Japanese investment specialist Yusuke Otsubo said that in Russia has developed serious advantages for the work of the IT industry, and called the country "an uncharted IT kingdom". In his article for JB Press, Otsubo used data from the British Analytical Center for Economic and Business Research (CEBR).

The emergence of Russia's ability to instantly disarm the United States is a fundamentally new stage in the development of combat drones and the victory of communication systems in the battle with electronic warfare systems. All this is only part of the key events in the military that took place in 2020. What are the most important innovations before our eyes that show the picture of how the wars of the future will unfold?

The Italian news agency ANSA on January 3, 2021, distributed a message from the Italian Ministry of Defense that the Defense Ministers of Italy, Lorenzo Guerini, Great Britain, Ben Wallace and Sweden, Peter Hultqvist, signed on December 21, 2020, a trilateral agreement on the joint development of a promising new generation fighter based on the British Tempest fighter project.

The owner of the Tesla Model 3 car conducted an interesting experiment — drove the route from San Francisco to Los Angeles and back on autopilot. In the cities, the car moved under the control of the beta version of the Full Self-Driving (FSD) function, and on the highway it worked in Autopilot (AP) mode. For more than 12 hours of driving, the driver took control for only five minutes.

The Ministry of Defense annually orders thousands of units of modern military equipment, the development and improvement of weapons continues constantly. Already in the near future, the military will receive a unique weapon based on other physical principles-sometimes as if from science fiction films. About the most interesting and expected new products - in the material of RIA Novosti.

At the initiative of the Bundeswehr command, the IT infrastructure of the German Armed Forces is subject to modernization. The main focus will be on the global network of the Bundeswehr (wanbw), which is planned to be updated, expanded and brought into line with new security standards.

Its view will be 270 degrees

The newest radar station "Yakhroma", the construction of which in the Crimea was announced by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the annual board of the Ministry of Defense, will operate in four bands with an overview of 270 degrees. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Ust-Katavsky Car Building Plant (part of Roscosmos) intends to assemble an unmanned tram in 2022, then its tests will follow. This was announced on Monday, January 4, by the general Director of the company Roman Novikov.

In 2021, pilots of naval aviation of the Russian Navy will begin training on new air trainers, the Department of Information and Mass Communications (DIMC) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The Voronezh radar station of the Russian missile warning system will be completed in Komi in 2021, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The control point of the space echelon of the missile attack warning system (SPRN) has been upgraded, the Russian Defense Ministry said.